Cub Cadet How to Remove a Mower Deck on a 364 and Other Models

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Lock Nut

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Front Lift

Rods

Jam Nut

Figure 21

Removing The Mower Deck

WARNING: Do not remove deck immedi- ately after operating the tractor. Allow the engine and other moving parts ample time to cool down.

•Position the Z-Series on a hard flat surface and engage the parking brake.

•	Move the lift handle to the L position.	•
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•	Remove belt covers by removing the hex nuts or
	wing nuts that hold on the covers. See Figure 22.

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44” Deck		•
	Hex Bolt
Tension	Belt Cover
Bar
54” Deck
	Belt Cover
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Tension Bar	Wing Nut	•

Figure 22

Release the tension bar by pushing bar out of the bracket.

Lift the tension bar over the bracket and allow the bar to rest on the mower deck.

Pull support pin out to release hanger bracket from lift link and turn support pin until it is against outside of hanger bracket. See Figure 23.

Adjustable

Link

Lift Link

Shoulder

Screw

Support

Pin

Hanger

Bracket

Figure 23

Move the lift handle to position 7 (all the way up). Remove the belt from the outside pulley of the mower deck by pulling and holding the belt so part of it is outside the pulley.

Turn the pulley counterclockwise until the belt is completely off the pulley.

Locate the clutch pulley in the rear of the tractor below the muffler to remove the belt from the pulley. See Figure 24.

Clutch

Pulley

Figure 24

From the front of the Z-Series, pull the mower deck towards you to release the retaining arms from the mower deck.

Lift and hold up the retaining arms.

Move the mower deck toward the rear of the tractor until the front lift rods clear the mower deck.

From the right side, pull the mower deck out from under the tractor. See Figure 25.

To service the blades or the underside of the 54” mower deck, there is a mower deck stand that folds out from the top of the mower deck.

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